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The 5th Braintree Real Ale Festival is now over and the Lions Club of Braintree and the North-West Essex branch of CAMRA would like to thank everyone who attended and help make this years event the biggest yet.

We started the festival offering 50 different Real Ales, and 10 Ciders and Perrys. By then halfway through Friday night we were sending out for more!! We hope that you managed to try all the beers and ciders you wanted before it ran out!

The 2009 Festival Real Ale (Braintree Market Ale) again proved to be very popular with 5 firkins being empted in three days. Our thanks to Nigel at the Shalford Brewery for producing this and all his help with this years festival.

Opening Times For 2010

Thursday 17th June 2010 TBA
Friday 18th June 2010 TBA
Saturday 19th June 2010 TBA
Entrance TBA (free to Camra and Lion members),
Festival Glasses TBA (refunded if glass returned).
Apologies for the incorrect 2010 dates displayed at this year's festival. The dates above are correct.

The chosen charities for the 2009 Festival were The Essex Air Ambulance and the Alzheimer's Society. As soon as we have final figures we will announce here the amount raised.

Stop Press: Initial indications are that we raised approximately £5000 at the 2009 Festival. Thank you for your generosity.